Key messages Women political leaders evoke conflicted responses on issues of trust, authenticity, empathy, and warmth. Participants have gendered perceptions of women in political leadership. Exploring group responses to women political leaders at times of crisis can provide new insights into women’s roles in public life. Applying a qualitative psychosocial approach to the study of attitudes to women as political leaders enables a greater understanding of the emotions and affects that are stirred up in relation to them at a time of crisis
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Parliamentary diplomacy has provided a crucial, promising outlet in Taiwan’s challenging pursuit of its own interests in the international arena.
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The increasing impact of neoliberalism across the globe means that a complex interplay of democratic, economic and managerial rationalities now frame the parameters and practices of community development. This book explores how contemporary politics, and the power relations it reflects and projects, is shaping the field today.
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next thing she would like to do is build a temple. Due to what she has been able to achieve since becoming a ward member, both her family and her community have more respect for her. However, despite all the positive experiences, because of the embodied nature of cultural capital, constructed based on the masculine vision of the world, which takes time to change, and because of the different rules prevailing in each social sphere, women politicians experience challenges. For instance, Rita, who is a deputy mayor, said: “Women political leaders have a double burden
primary role is to facilitate learning as a collective social praxis by women. Therefore, in order to support women political leaders in their attempts to take up the responsibilities of public office and to encourage other women who were emerging as citizen leaders, PRIA developed and implemented several initiatives across the country, aimed at the enhancement of women’s leadership. This section briefly describes this alternative methodology to engage women as active political subjects. The first of these initiatives was a wide-scale national campaign – the Pre
